DruidMurphy: Conversations on a Homecoming

DruidMurphy--Plays by Tom MurphyWritten by Tom MurphyDirected by Garry Hynes

"Urgent, visceral, and superbly acted.Murphy is, I suspect, the greatest dramatist writing in English."--Financial Times (London)

"Ferocious, often savagely entertaining. Five stars! A monumental survey of an underrated playwright and of Ireland itself…attendance should be obligatory."--Daily Telegraph (London)"The acting is…visceral, precise, and saturated with raw wit and honest feeling. Ensemble work of the highest order."--The New York Times

"Theatrical fireworks! Each play packs a wallop, figuratively and literally."--Variety

From Ireland's internationally renowned Druid Theatre Company comes DruidMurphy, the epic story of Irish emigration, from The Great Hunger of the 19th century to the "new" Ireland of the '70s, told through three plays by Tom Murphy.

In Conversations on a Homecoming, it's the 1970s and Michael, after a ten-year absence, suddenly returns to County Galway from New York and has a reunion with old friends in the small-town pub that is a magnet for dreamers.

Note: This performance contains some strong language.

The other DruidMurphy plays are A Whistle in the Dark and Famine. To purchase tickets (at a discounted price) for the full three-play cycle performed on October 20, visit the Full Cycle event page.

Crossing oceans and spanning decades, DruidMurphy explores what we mean when we call a place home and is a major celebration of one of Ireland's most respected living dramatists. Directed by GarryHynes--"probably the foremost interpreter of Irish drama in the world today" (The New York Times)--this theater event promises to be one of Washington, DC's best of 2012.